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In Tanzania, some 52 per cent of the 232,716 Burundian refugees there are still living in emergency shelters designed for short term use – even years after their arrival. In the absence of school buil...

With not enough schools for the children, and a shortfall of funds, classes are having to take place under the trees in refugee camps in Tanzania. But when it rains, or is too windy, school is cancell...

Turn the Tide: Refugee Education in Crisis study finds refugee enrolment in school is failing to keep pace with growing displacement worldwide.

"This school is fantastic. I enjoy studying here."

As many nations are securing their borders and turning refugees away, Uganda keeps welcoming them. And they keep coming, fleeing catastrophes from across this part of Africa.

This year, the Academy accorded UNHCR the status of a county and for the first time admitted six refugees to the institution. This is a significant step towards offering refugees opportunities for po...

'Rwanda has open and welcoming policies which in fact have allowed refugees to attend Rwandan schools, they have the right to work, they have the right to open businesses. We want refugees to be becom...

After two years of extensive consultations led by UNHCR with member states, international organizations, refugees, civil society, the private business sector and experts, this new global deal will pro...

“We think that an inclusive approach, based on investment in education and employment, is a much better and more sustainable, more dignified, model that really gives refugees opportunities for the fut...